[PATCH 1/2] PowerPC: Fix operand prefixes

[Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho]

"Gabriel F. T. Gomes" <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> The file sysdeps/powerpc/sysdeps.h defines aliases for register operands,
> which add the letter 'r' as a prefix to a register name.  E.g.: register 20
> can be written as 'r20', instead of '20'.  On the one hand, this increases
> readability, as it makes it easier for readers to know whether the operand is a
> register or an immediate.  On the other hand, this permits that immediate
> operands be written as if they were registers, and vice-versa, thus reducing
> the readability of the code.
>
> This commit removes some of these unintentional misuses.
>
> This commit also increases readability of the code by adding the prefix 'cr' to
> some uses of the control register.
>
> Both changes have no effect on the final code.  Checked with objdump.
>
> 2015-09-15  Gabriel F. T. Gomes  <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> 	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power8/strncpy.S: Remove or add register
> 	prefix from operands.

Pushed as 8507133.

Thanks!

-- 
Tulio Magno